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Teacher fair brings in 69 school districts staff members that make an incredible contribution to the program.

“Our teaching education program is USU, who has distinguished itself as havranked in the top 2 percent in the nation. ing one of the best education programs in We’re highly recognized and we draw them the country, hosted the Utah Teacher North in,” Jack said.

Fair on Thursday in the TSC International Much of the success of the program Lounge. comes from its efforts in providing graduatThe fair was sponsored by the Utah ing students with employment opportuniAssociation for Employment in Education ties. The Utah Teacher North Fair alone had to provide prospective representatives from 69 “Our teaching educa- school districts around students and alumni with opportunities tion program is ranked the state of Utah who to find teaching jobs. personally interviewed in the top 2 percent Representatives from the prospective teachers in the nation. We’re every college that prowho attended the fair. duces teachers in Utah and highly recognized and However, Bart Southern Idaho helped Bowen, a recent graduwe draw them in.” organize the event. ate in Health Education, Derek Jack, the assis– Derek Jack said it doesn’t matter if tant director of USU you have a Utah State Assistant director of USU education if there is no Career Services said, “We Career services money to hire teachers. picked USU as the location of this fair because of “Districts can’t its location and because we are the largest just create jobs, they have to have money for teacher-producing public school in Utah.” it and it doesn’t matter if they want USU stuThe Emma Eccles Jones College of dents,” Bowen said.

Education and Human Services is ranked Tawny Bertagnolli, a student in the proas one of the best teacher education schools gram, said having USU hold the fair was in America. They are renowned for their STUDENTS ATTENDED THE UTAH Teacher Fair North on Thursday in hopes of finding a job in educaefforts in preparing teachers for the classSee FAIR, page 3 tion. USU is ranked in the top 2 percent in the nation for its teaching education program. CARL R. WILSON photo room and having excellent teachers and

By KEVIN MITCHELL staff writer

Bouncy balls drop USU to the Worlds Record list Funding bill

for clubs fails

By ROUCHELLE BROCKMAN staff writer

a free plane ticket to Burbank, Calif., with his long-time friend Jaron Dunford. He received $300 as a thank you for being a guest on the show.

A panel of three guest judges decided whether Stephens’ talent was worth a restaurant gift certificate, and each approved of his swallowing skill, which earned him dinner for eight at Benihana.

“Meal or No Meal” was followed by

After tabling a bill for several weeks that would allot $30,000 to student clubs and organizations, the ASUSU Tier II committee, which includes several members of ASUSU executive council, decided not to pass the bill at their meeting Monday.

The bill would have created an ongoing fund of $30,000 from Tier II tuition. The funds would have been dispersed to student clubs and organizations. Tier II tuition comes from students’ tuition rather than state and federal funding. “I think clubs The state dictates how Tier definitely need I tuition is spent, but Tier more funds but II funds are spent at the after discussion student leaders’ and uni- this decision is versity president’s discretotally undertion.

ASUSU vice president standable.”

Brent Crosby said the bill was not passed because the – Kaho Fiefia, funding would be better Diversity vice president used in two other already existing programs. Those existing programs that may receive this funding are the Academic Opportunity Fund and the Graduate Student Senate Stipend Enhancement Award.

Both of these funds provide money for student organizations to attend competitions and other activities.

Both funds were created in previous years as one-time allotments. The opportunity fund has been given $10,000 and the graduate award $12,000 in the past.

This new recommendation would provide ongoing funding for both of these funds.

Kaho Fiefia, ASUSU diversity vice president and one of the original bill’s sponsors, said the original $30,000 club fund would have been beneficial to more students than the new recommendation, but he said he understands the reasoning behind the opposing arguments.

- See LENO, page 3

- See CLUBS, page 3

USU SOCIETY OF PHYSICS students and the USU Science Council organized a community event that would break a world record.

Twenty thousand bouncy balls were dropped from a helicopter onto a target on Thursday. Those in attendance were given cups to catch the balls and were able to keep whatever they caught. A raffle was held to raise money for a fundraiser for the outreach committee for the Society of Physics Students. Balls were able to be purchased for $1 for one or $4 for five. BRECK BYNGTON photos

Hotdog eater wows on Tonight Show A USU student was featured on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday, wearing a Utah State University T-shirt and performing a talent that had the audience gasping.

As a participant in the game “Meal or No Meal,” James Stephens, an undeclared sophomore, swallowed 8 hotdogs whole and was applauded after completing the task in 30 seconds.

“I think Steve was the producer, and he told me not to swallow them so fast or it would be boring,” Stephens said.

He timed his talent perfectly and shoved the last hot dog into his mouth in the last second.

A talent coordinator from The Tonight Show contacted Stephens’ friend, who posted a YouTube video of the eye-watering challenge. Stephens was on an LDS mission at the time, but replied when he returned home. The Tonight Show contacted him two weeks ago and he found himself with

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Students head to AZ for conference Ten Utah State University students traveled to Arizona in early March to meet with more than 300 U.S. military leaders, United Nations representatives, nonprofit executives and policy experts for a three-day conference on cross-cultural understanding.

The fifth annual Culture Summit was hosted by the United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence and the Training and Doctrine Command Culture Center on Fort Huachuca, Ariz., March 1-3. Each year, the summit brings together subject matter experts from around the world to discuss practical methods for building cross-cultural competence in the United States Army so it can better respond to current and emerging threats.

Among this year’s guest speakers was Otimpong Otibribi III, the king of the Baika people of Ghana; Munir Akram, former Pakistan Ambassador to the UN; and Abderrahim Foukara, Washington D.C. Bureau Chief for Al-Jazeera.

The Aggies were invited to attend

by Jeannie Johnson, a former CIA intelligence officer, and an expert of international relations at USU. She organized the trip for students in her Strategic Cultures class to help them forge connections with foreign policy leaders and international security personnel.

“This is a very bright group of students,” Johnson said. “They were definitely the youngest people at the conference, but they asked intelligent questions and were able to hold their own in conversations. It was a confidence building experience.”

USU awards Mossotti annual poetry award Travis Mossotti of St. Louis, Mo., is the winner of the 15th annual May Swenson Poetry Award, presented by Utah State University Press and the Literary Estate of May Swenson.

Mossotti will receive a cash award of $1,000, and his winning collection of poems, About the Dead will be published by USU Press in summer 2011.

Judge for the 2011 award was Garrison Keillor, writer, humorist and host of American Public Media’s A Writer’s Almanac and A Prairie Home Companion. Keillor selected Mossotti’s work from among 25 finalists chosen by a panel of professional poets and university teachers of poetry from the 700 entries submitted from across the United States and several countries abroad.

“There is some very impressive work here, and superb individual poems in every finalist manuscript,” Keillor said. “I wish I could write a personal note to so many of these poets.”

Mossotti, “still recovering from the shock,” said he felt honored to be awarded the prize and to be selected by Keillor, a personality he greatly admires. Mossotti resides in St. Louis.

USU Press proudly sponsors the annual May Swenson Poetry Award.

By ROB JEPSON staff writer

Logan’s historic “Temple Barn” was the topic of discussion at the Logan City Council meeting Wednesday night. Council members proposed tearing down the barn to make room for a new neighborhood center. Members of the community who would be affected by the decision came to share their concerns about the project.

The Temple Barn, located 369 E. 200 N, was built in 1877 for housing equipment that was used during the construction of the Logan Temple.

“When something’s been in a neighborhood for that long, it almost becomes the neighborhood, and I’m not sure you can just destroy our neighborhood,” one woman in attendance said.

According to Logan City’s community development document, a Neighborhood Center is “(a) building designed for occupancy by retail, service, and/or office uses on the ground floor with upper floors also configured for those uses or for dwelling units.”

Members of the council used the Island Market, located at 400 East and Center Street, and Fredrico’s Pizza, located at 1349 E. 700 North, as examples of the kind of commerce centers they would like to see throughout the city.

Council member Laraine Swenson said the centers are intended to reduce the amount of traffic in the city, reduce emissions, and create a sense of community in the neighborhoods.

Another woman in attendance said the idea of creating commerce centers throughout the town was old fashioned and overly romantic.

She said the council was wrong to think that Logan still operates as it did in the 1950s, and that while neighborhood centers may have had a function then, they do not today.

Many citizens in attendance said they were not opposed to creating neighborhood centers elsewhere, but did not like the idea of tearing down the temple barn. City council member Jay Monson asked citizens, “What would you like

to see done with it? It can’t just stay the way it is and fall apart on itself. Who will maintain it?”

John Avila said, “I will if you give it to me,” but the council did not respond to his offer.

Avila said he would like to see the barn restored and maintained. Others said they would like to see it turned into a historical museum. Amanda Davis said she would love to see a park built

there, rather than a commerce center.

The item was tabled so the council could work out some of the plan’s language, and the discussion on neighborhood centers was scheduled to continue in June’s council meeting.

– robmjepson@live.com

THE TEMPLE BARN HAS been a part of Logan city since 1877 and community members voice concerns about it being torn down at a city council meeting Wednesday. More discussion will resume in June. BRECK BYNGTON photo

State parks face $3 million budget cuts

By DAN SMITH senior news writer

Utah State Parks sustained debilitating budget cuts as a result of the recent legislative session. Associate professor of recreation resources management Steve Burr said the cuts are the culmination of three years of a suffering state economy.

“Not just State Parks but a variety of agencies have had their budgets reduced,” Burr said. “A vast majority of people in the state feel that state parks are important, and they don’t want to see state parks close down.”

In November, several state-run agencies like Natural Resources, Prisons and Corrections, Health and Human Resources and Higher Education were informed of additional upcoming budget cuts that would necessitate a closer look at innovative methods of staying out of trouble.

Now that it’s March, legislators are through balancing Utah’s budget, and with a better financial outlook than was originally expected, Utah State Parks communications coordinator Deena Loyola said her agency has a better idea of where they stand.

“Essentially when we start our new fiscal year July 1, our budget is $6.8 million,” Loyola said.

“However, we’re not guaranteed that money for the next fiscal year.

That puts our general fund alloca-

tion just at $4 million, so in two years we’ll be going from $9.8 to $4 million.”

Along with this year’s $3 million reduction, two additional legislative requirements restrict the State Parks agency from raising entrance fees or closing any of its parks.

“They’re really binding our hands in what we can do,” Loyola said. “That means a loss in personnel and reducing seasonal hiring from Memorial to Labor Day. We do a lot of outreach with school students, both hosting them in the parks and also going out to the schools, so we’ll probably see reductions there as well.”

She said the amount of services offered within the parks might drop, too, which means fewer rangers in the parks, shorter hours of operation and less frequently cleaned garbage and toilet facilities.

Brigham City resident Jeff Packer, the former chairman of the Utah State Parks, said past drastic budget cuts like this have led to turning financial responsibility for certain parks over to their respective counties.

“It’s most regrettable that one of the smallest departments of state government would have to absorb some of the largest hits,” Packer said. “I am not directly involved with the current budget cuts, but we had no room to cut so I don’t know how they’re taking any cuts at all.”

Loyola said one possible option

is to privatize certain services within the parks, such as campsites, eateries and supply stores. This would allow for additional revenue generation that would ease the shock of dwindling government subsidies.

USU professor Daniel Stevens, who teaches a class about managing natural resources conflicts, said this could be a good time to consider alternative management strategies. One possibility would be creating community partnerships similar to the Adopt-a-Highway project.

Another strategy suggested by Stevens, who said he’s a teacher of community development, would be creation of summer youth programs. Implementations like these could generate youth employment opportunities and affordable park maintenance options.

“We’re a very conservative state, fiscally, we have to have a balanced budget,” Stevens said. “That means we make tough choices every year.

Compared to some of our neighboring states in the West, we’ve actually got a good fiscal situation.”

Loyola said Arizona is under such dire financial stress that they have had to close down several state parks of their own. Under legislative mandate, Utah parks will remain open.

The nearby Bear Lake, she said, is one of Utah’s parks that regularly generate moderate profits. With three separate recreation areas, Bear Lake is one of the larger water-

centered parks in the state.

“Hyrum is a beautiful park, one of my favorite parks actually,” Loyola said of another local state park. “They bring in a lot of athletic events. They host a triathlon and a couple of fishing competitions.”

Both parks offer water-based recreation and day-use and camping facilities. Electrical hookups for recreational vehicles and dry storage for boats have recently been installed at Hyrum State Park.

Burr, who is also the vice president for Friends of Utah State Parks, said a recent year-long state parks audit revealed which parks generate little to no revenue, including Green River State Park.

“Residents are really proud of their state parks, there’s a great amount of support,” Burr said.

“Residents perceive a lot of benefits both economically and socially.

But in times of tight budgets parks seem to be on the hit list first.”

Any surplus dollars generated by higher-grossing parks go to fund less-visited parks. He said this doesn’t mean that the latter are any less important than the former.

“The whole idea of the State Parks system, which was modeled on the National Parks system, is that it’s a public good,” Burr said.

“It’s for the enjoyment and benefit of the people.”

– dan.whitney.smith@aggiemail.usu. edu

Students win Wildlife Conclave Utah State University’s student chapter of The Wildlife Society captured first place awards in team and individual competition at the 46th annual Western Student Wildlife Conclave held March 11-14 at northern California’s Humboldt State University.

Competing with undergraduate teams from eight western universities, USU wildlife science students Jessop Boden, Jason Carlisle, Jen Christopherson, SanShi Glover, Shane Hill and Caitlin Laughlin placed first in the academic Quiz Bowl and first in the Wildlife Triathlon.

“We’re very proud of these students,” said Johan du Toit, professor and head of USU’s Department of Wildland Resources.

-Compiled from staff and media reports

UTAH STATE PARKS ARE facing budget cuts that will effect their ability to hire for busy seasons and upkeep. Additional legislative requirements deny parks the ability to raise fees or close parks. MAKAELA HERRAN photo

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Leno: Stephens said he never thought a dare would lead to so much attention -continued from page 1 an interview with Matthew talent in high school. He said Mcconaughey who asked if when they got to the set of the Stephens was OK before beginshow there was a private room ning his interview and said his for them to wait in with food and talent was “James Stephens” posted “impressive,” on the door.

“I thought, Stephens said.

“I thought ‘this is not this is not sup“Usually supposed to be for when I get up posed to be for us,’” Dunford said. to six or seven us, we’re just “We’re just some colhot dogs they some college lege kids. Then during get backed up kids. Then, dur- the rehearsal, all of a a little bit,” he ing rehearsal, all sudden, Jay Leno just said, “but I’m up and shakes our of a sudden Jay walks not stuffed hands. It was the weirdleno just walks afterward. I est feeling.” still ate a bag up.”

After stepping into – Jaron Dunford, the high life for a few of chips and some veggies USU student days with limo serafter the show.” vices and a lot of free Stephens food, Stephens said he first learned he could swallow a definitely never thought a high hot dog whole after swallowing school dare would lead him to be a whole cherry easily. His high the star of a viral YouTube video school friends dared him to try a and later air on an internationhot dog, then 10 hot dogs. ally recognized television show.

Dunford, a sophomore majoring in public relations, accompa– catherine.meidell@aggiemail. nied Stephens onto the show and usu.edu was one of the original people to watch Stephens discover this

JAMES STEPHENS, ABOVE, WITH Jay Leno, showed off his ability to swallowed eight hotdogs whole in 30 seconds on The Tonight Show on Wednesday. Stephens said he never thought his skills would get him so much attention. photo courtesy STEVE RIDGEWAY

Fair: Students had the chance to meet with potential employers -continued from page 1

great because it gave her a chance to get her name out there.

“The education department has given me a lot of contacts that you can get with. They have the career services. They even help me in making my resume,” she said.

One of the many great opportunities afforded to the students who attend USU’s education program is the ability to practice teaching elementary-age students at Edith Bowen Laboratory School, an on-campus school. This program provides elementary students with a great education and allows the students of the

college a first-hand learning experience.

Kallie Rawlinson, a senior in the college said, “I think (the college has such a good reputation) because you can get out and start teaching before you graduate. I think because I did, I feel ready to teach and I haven’t graduated yet.

Real practice comes from doing.”

After interviewing with many representatives at the fair, Bertagnolli said “It has been wonderful ... . For every question I’ve been through in the interviews, I am often referring back to my experience in the actual classroom and I have felt very prepared and I know it’s

because of my experience at this school.”

Although the fair proved to be beneficial for many students, some felt that it was ineffective.

Bowen said because it was held so early in the year, many school districts could not yet anticipate the openings it would have for the upcoming school year.

“It was kind of disappointing,” Bowen said.

“I expected to come and talk to people who knew about openings but they didn’t. Why schedule it in March if they won’t know until April?”

Typically, students who graduate from the

USU Education College become some of the most sought after teachers in the country, Jack said, and sometimes there is a greater demand that USU can’t always fill.

“The only complaint that we hear is that we don’t produce enough teachers, which is great, especially in a time when there are not as many openings as there has been in the past, due to the economy,” Jack said.

– kevin.mitchell@aggiemail.usu.edu

Clubs: Concerns for bill were ‘largely resolved’ Crosby says -continued from page 1

“I wish there was something we could do for the clubs, they really do need some other way of getting funding,” said ASUSU administrative assistant Keenan Nuerhing, another sponsor of the bill. “I am excited about the (Academic Opportunity Fund) monies that were allocated though because that is going to be so helpful to them, especially as an ongoing allocation.”

The new funding recommendation will go before the board of trustees Friday, and Crosby said he is confident the board will pass the recommendation. The board of trustees is a group of alumni appointed by the state governor.

Fiefia said the original bill might be revised and voted on again by next year’s executive council.

Under current legislation, the six to seven clubs under the International Student Council (ISC)are allotted $8,000, the five clubs in the Access and Diversity Center are allotted $9,000 and the other 100 active clubs are allotted $10,000. The original bill would have primarily supplemented the funds for the clubs that don’t fall under ISC or the Access and Diversity Center.

“I think clubs definitely need more funds but after discussion (this decision) is totally understandable,” Fiefia said.

He said it is a better idea to propose that the club fund

be created from student fees rather than from Tier II tuition. He said even if the original bill was designated as ongoing from Tier II tuition, there is a possibility it could be cut in the future.

He said creating the fund from student fees would ensure its longevity.

The original bill was first

postponed at the council’s meeting Feb. 16 due to concerns about additional hours and responsibilities for the ASUSU executive council and advisers, and to clarify whether this fund would be available to distance education students and students at regional campuses.

The bill was tabled again

at the council’s meeting before spring break. While the concerns over regional campuses had been resolved, some members of the council felt the bill was underdeveloped and its passage would be irresponsible. Other members felt that it was ASUSU’s responsibility to do something with Tier II tuition that

would directly give back to the students.

Crosby said these concerns were largely resolved at the committee meeting Monday, but that they still decided it would be best not to go ahead with the bill.

“We could have worked out the kinks no problem,” Fiefia said, “I guess clubs will

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Celtic tradition

dances into Logan and his regionally famous band, Leaping Lulu. The two teams performed in the Lyric Theater in 2006 and sold out all their perforThis year the Inishfre Irish Band and mances.

Dance Company will join with guest artAfter having a taste of success, the two ists and the Leaping Lulu band to create the decided to move to the Ellen Eccles Theater seventh annual Celtic Night on March 18-19 the following year where they’ve performed in the Ellen Eccles Theatre. The event will every year since. According to Zufelt, Celtic feature local guest artists such as Kent Braddy Nights has continued to be successful and the and emcee Ted Erekson. group changes the show every “I really enjoyed year with new dances and new A portion of the proceeds from this year’s performance how the Inishfre guest artists to keep things interwill go to benefit Cache Valley’s Dance Company esting and keep the crowds interFour Paws Pet Rescue and Cache is a very Utah ested and coming.

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Sophomore in biology Sara thing but they “The Inishfre Dance Painter recalled her favorite Company is run by Julie Zufelt, took a tradipart of the Celtic Nights that she tional dance who holds regular practices attended a few years ago. from Ireland and in the local Whittier Center,” “I really enjoyed how the Harvey Neuber, a band member embraced it as Inishfre Dance Company is a very in Leaping Lulu, said. “They Utah thing but they took a tratheir own.” practice quite frequently to preSara Painter, ditional dance from Ireland and pare for Celtic Nights.” it as their own,” she Sophomore, Biology embraced The Inishfre Dance Company said. run by Julie Zufelt who said the The company performs Celtic Nights production started when she both “soft-shoe” dances and the familiar highcame up with the idea to have an Irish Dance energy “hard shoe” dances with Zufelt as the performance while she was having coffee with choreographer. a local fiddle player.

“I base my dances on traditional Irish step “I had started an Irish dance studio in dances, but I like to take liberties with the 2003 and wanted to show off some of our best traditional steps and especially the music, in dancers.” Zufelt said. “So we called ourselves order to make the dances more colorful and Inishfre Irish Dance and performed one interesting to an audience as well as to myself, night at the Whittier to a standing-room-only the dancers and the musicians,” Zufelt said. crowd. It was so successful and so much fun Zufelt said the company has some younger that I wanted to hold Celtic Night again in a larger venue for a couple of nights. “ - See DANCE, page 6 Zufelt then teamed up with Harvey Neuber

By JESSICA BLACK staff writer

DANCERS FROM THE INISHFRE Irish Band and Dance Company practice their Celtic moves for the seventh annual Celtic Night. While the company performs throughout the year, their annual performance at the Ellen Eccles Theater is their biggest event of the year, according to Julie Zufelt, director of the company. CARL R. WILSON photo

Pretty in Plaid Students express The Loggers Ball Returns

By MEGAN BAINUM & KASEY VAN DYKE assistant news editor, assistant features editor

PAUL BUNYAN, THE MASCOT of the College of Natural Resources, stands boldly in his natural habitat – the wild. Participants at this year’s Logger’s Ball will mirror the character’s style with a plethora of plaid and substantial scruff. photo courtesy JASON CARLISLE

In the college of Natural Resources, showing off your scruff is not only acceptable, but a source of competition. A long tradition in the college of Natural Resources (NR), the Loggers Ball, will be held Saturday where students can come dance, eat, and judge beards.

Kicking off its 69th year, the Loggers Ball will be held at Hamilton’s Steak and Seafood and was organized by the Natural Resources student council. Jason Carlisle, NR senator, said the event provides students and faculty a chance to relax and “associate in more casual ways” and promote tradition on campus.

Three contests, “King of the Forest, Queen of the Woods,” costume and beard, will be held that night and Jen Christopherson, president of student council for college of NR, said hopefully the beard contest will draw more people in. Categories include patchiest, most creative, longest, manliest and most classy.

Carlisle said the informal atmosphere is what makes the Ball enjoyable.

“Expect a good time,” Carlisle said, “First and foremost what students can expect is a lot of flannel.”

Senior Donovan Birch, a Forestry Club member, said the event

- See FORESTRY, page 6

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By KATE MARSHALL staff writer

The Dietetics Student Association and Aggies for Change are hosting a food art competition in the TSC on Friday, March 18.

Erika Hopkins, president of the Dietetics Student Association (DSA) said “It’s national nutrition month, so we wanted to do something big to make the students on campus aware. We thought doing a food art competition would be a good way to get people involved from all majors, not just nutrition majors.”

Alyssa Roberts, a junior majoring in nutrition, and an officer in the Dietetics Student Association said the main competition will allow students to use food as their “creative medium.”

“It could look like a person, an animal, or just something randomly artistic,” Roberts said.

She said the students get to vote on what entry they like best by using their spare change. Each piece will have a jar in front of it and students vote for their favorite by donating their money.

There will also be an activity Hopkins called the “burn out.”

She said the goal is to see how many calories USU can burn in one day.

“We’ll have all sorts of activities to do: zumba, hula hooping, jump ropes. Our goal is to burn 3,500 calories, which is how

- See FOOD, page 6

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JOAN CUSACK TALKS WITH DIRECTOR Simon Wells during filming for her latest film “Mars Needs Moms.” In the family-friendly animation, Cusack stars opposite Seth Green as an abducted mom taken to Mars to help raise the out-of-control Martian children.

“Moms” funny with a heartfelt message I’ve looked forbegins. ward to “Mars Needs “Mars Needs Moms” Staff Moms” ever since I is a great adventure “Mars Needs Guy XXXX saw the first trailer.

Moms” story with a bit of everyWhen I viewed the comedy, danger, Grade: B+ thing: full movie, I was enterromance and even a bit tained and surprised of sadness. It is closely that it was as good as based on the book I’d hoped. of the same name by “Mars Needs Berkeley Breathed.

Moms” surprised me One of the lessons because many movies to be learned from this nowadays seem to put story is that you don’t some of their funniest lines in the realize how much you appreciate trailers in order to lure audiences in. someone until they’re gone. How I was pleased when I discovered the far would you go to protect your trailer had only scratched the surface mother? Would you go all the way to of the humor.

Mars?

Milo (voiced by Seth Green) is I’ve enjoyed some of Simon Wells’ a normal 9-year-old boy whose previous directorial releases, such as mother (Joan Cusack) makes him “The Prince of Egypt” and “The Time do his chores and eat his broccoli, Machine,” and he certainly didn’t disjust like any good mother would. appoint with his latest film. The style After Milo disobeys his mother, they of “Mars Needs Moms” is similar to have an argument and Milo is sent those in Wells’ other works, but it’s to his room. When Milo later goes to done in a fresh way. apologize, he finds his mother being Green is as animated as ever. He carried away by a spaceship. does a superb job playing a lessDuring his attempt to rescue his than-perfect child determined to mom, he gets caught up into the ship save his mother from harm. and travels to Mars.

Cusack voices a loving mother tryOnce on Mars, Milo gets put into ing to be a good parent, a different a cell by the aliens. After regaining character than her recent adventures consciousness, Milo attempts to as Jessie in “Toy Story 3.” Although escape, and somehow his cell opens. she plays a crucial part of the film, Following a mysterious voice, Milo she isn’t in as many scenes as I finds another human named Gribble would have thought, but it works in (Dan Fogler), a man with a past. the scheme of the story.

Gribble answers a few questions Fogler, who has previously starred Milo poses, including the biggest in “Balls of Fury” and who played question of all: Why did aliens take Zeng in “Kung Fu Panda” is his usual my mom? Gribble grimly tells Milo goofy self with a soft, emotional that it’s because moms are needed side. I was pleased with his perforto raise the Martian kids. Milo then mance. sets out once again to rescue his Elizabeth Harnois does a great mother, and that’s when the real fun job as an energetic Martian ready

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to help the humans escape. Mindy Sterling is hardly recognizable as an old grizzled Martian supervisor who leads the colony, but her voice acting was stellar.

“Mars Needs Moms” is a movie that is only complete as a whole.

All the pieces of the puzzle must fit together in order to get the best appreciation for the story. It may not be a deep thinking movie, but all the characters are developed well.

The end credits were fascinating in that some behind the scenes were shown with the actors in a motion capture environment. I enjoyed the end credit scenes as much as some of the scenes in the movie itself. It was a good demonstration of how actors can continue to perform while creating a completely digital movie.

John Powell’s score was excellent and painted the feelings of the movie incredibly. It has his usual orchestra melodies, but he blends in faint science fiction sounds that supplement the orchestra beautifully. One of the songs reminded me of one of the Ewok songs by John Williams in “Return of the Jedi,” but it was still an amusing song that brought smiles to everyone in the audience.

The next time you see your mother, I challenge you to give her a hug and tell her how much you love her.

This is a fun family flick that encourages family values. I laughed a lot. I cried a little. I think “Mars Needs Moms” will be underappreciated because of its predictability and lack of complexity, but I enjoyed it thoroughly.

– spencer.palmer@aggiemail.usu.edu

R.E.M. stays positive in new release

My roommate once does it with a few songs spent a whole summer “CollapseStaff Into on the album, such as the memorizing the lyrics to Guy XXXX Now” song “Uberlin.” It is a song the song “It’s the End of change, where Stipe Grade: A- about the World As We Know It,” sings, “I know that this is only to forget a lot of them me,” but also Rhythm changing not long after. He’s defi“Hey now, don’t forget that nitely what you’d call an change will save you.” avid fan of R.E.M. While They do it with the I did spend some time song “Every Day is Yours memorizing the Barenaked RexColinMitchell to Win.” It has a similar Ladies’ “One Week,” theme as “Uberlin,” with – only to forget a lot of them later – I’m lines such as “I cannot tell a lie, it’s not more of a casual fan of R.E.M. I can rec- all cherry pie, but it’s yours to win,” or ognize their music, but if you asked me “Every day is new again, every day is some of their songs, I would be scramyours to win, and that’s how heroes are bling. made.”

I do know that they have been around And then, as would be expected, for a very long time. While they will right after comes a song that I don’t realalways seem like a young band from the ly understand. “Mine Smell Like Honey” early ‘90s, you’ve got to realize that the is a song that thoroughly confuses me. early ‘90s were 20 years ago, and R.E.M. It mixes verses about somebody who is actually got together 10 years before independent and does their own thing, that. The lead singer, Michael Stipe, was with the chorus about how “Mine smell born in 1960. If people are old enough like honey.” I’m probably missing someto remember the Watergate scandal or thing, but then again, what would a rock the Vietnam War, then for some reason album be without at least one song that it seems like they shouldn’t be allowed doesn’t make sense? to play alternative music – but R.E.M. It’s like the song “Alligator Aviator has been doing it for the past 30 years.

Autopilot Antimatter,” which is a lot of They released a new album recently – fun, and includes one of my favorite their 15th – called “Collapse Into Now.” lines from the album, “I feel like an alliIt starts off with the song “Discoverer,” gator climbing up the escalator.” Again, which is an incredibly insightful and I’m not sure what that’s supposed to hopeful song that looks back at the past mean, but the mental image it gives me and eagerly anticipates the future. The is pretty hilarious, and totally worth the past may have been bad, but as the confusion. song says, “It was what it was, let’s all All in all, it was a very soulful album get on with it now.” But looking towards that still holds your interest. The sound the future, “…the opportunities and the created by the band is great – it sounds possibilities, I have never felt so called.” like classic R.E.M., but doesn’t sound I guess the band is old enough to have out of place at all in the 21st century. lived life and know the value of learning The acoustic rhythm guitar, as well as from yesterday and taking advantage of electric guitar solos, mandolin, and what presents itself now. tasteful yet simple drumming is all very Just like you can tell a good lyricist appealing and fits together well. I would when they can talk about how crappy definitely recommend the album, even their lives are without sounding whiney, if – like me – you are not a die-hard you know someone’s a good lyricist R.E.M. fan. when they can write uplifting, positive songs that aren’t cheesy and honest, – rex.colin.mitchell@aggiemail.usu.edu but don’t make you feel girly. R.E.M.

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Food: Show brings in donations for the University

It is likely that the reader turn, carrying you down the road. of this article spent some An interesting phenomenon occurs during this porportion of spring break tion of the trip. This consists of the commandeering of -continued from page 4 on a trip. The allure and the radio by one passenger in the car followed by the enticement of a whole playing of music at extreme volumes which it seems only week without the quotidthey enjoy. This results in an inability to converse, read many are in one pound of fat,” she said.

Roberts said, “This is more for awareness than anything ian and endless academic or think straight. The only comfort found is the attempt demands of college life is to sleep, which is often difficult as the seats in cars seem else. Obviously we want enough to inspire one to specifically designed to prevent this. May I deviate for a everyone to have fun, which is why we have all the different go on a “trip.” moment and thank the altruistic individuals who willing activities, but we want everybody to connect their calorie The concept of a “trip” placed themselves on the “hump” seat in the back seat intake and output to realize what it means to be healthy.” is an interesting one. A during my trip this past week.

She said they will have posters that show how many trip has a few essential After the travel portion of the trip has concluded, the minutes of exercise it takes to burn so many calories, and components which don’t change. The first is that a trip activity portion can begin. There are the “up-for-any- equate that with so many cookies or bags of chips or soda. requires packing. In this process, one takes stock of his thingers.” These are the people who are determined to “We want to help people visually see,” she said, “and worldly belongings and chooses which ones will be nec- have a good time, no matter what goes down. Even the understand how much they’re taking into their bodies and essary for the upcoming days. There are several strate- simplest and least exciting of suggestion for an activity how much they need to exercise in order to balance that, gies to this. is immediately greeted with a barrage of high-fives, fist and make people aware of national nutrition month.”

The reader is most assuredly familiar with the “over- pumps, and exclamations of excitement. The author Hopkins said the student who enters the winning creHere everything is the ad we would 18,he 2011. can remove the wording in the circle on the upper packer” who deems that theylike to run in the Statesman on March admits hasYou a guilty pleasure of offering ation gets to keep the money they earned, and all the rest of right of the ad and put “Go Aggies”.

Also, if you could put our company website address down on the bottom line of the ad that own is essential to their comfort and surridiculous ideas to such persons simply to the money in the jars goes to Aggies for Change and SNAC would be appreciated.

The address is: nnhc.net vival. “Overpackers” bring enough under- “There is a synsee if they will go along. In my defense, I (Student Nutrition Access Center). The voting period ends wear to change it three times a day and still ergy that exists usually follow up with my offer. This has at 1 p.m. in the International Lounge. Students can show go home with clean pairs, several pairs of resulted in ski chairs, attempts to parasail shoes for each conceivable occasion, and on all truly great behind cars, and swimming in First Dam in up with whatever they have created until 9 a.m., and all students are invited to participate. a various assortment of things for which trips between every month of the year. But I digress.

Senior Tessa Goodall, student giving chair for the unithere is no foreseen use but falls under the these and other The polar opposite is the “have-tocategory of “just in case.” Let it be noted drag-everywherers.” The most efficient way versity said, “This semester, Aggies for Change is focusing that the so called gentler sex is usually well components to get them out and having a good time on letting the donating students decide what colleges the that results in represented in this category. involves a cattle prod and can loosely be money they donate will support. We are holding a compeThen there are the “underpackers.” This an experience, termed “assault,” depending on which state tition between the colleges on the patio by the fountains is the kid who climbs in the car with a pair you are in. where students can donate their spare change to whichever of ball shorts and a bag of pretzels shoved much better, There are variations that exist in each college they want to win.” in a book bag, and wonders if the flip flops much more pro- of these components, but they are things, She said the winning college will keep all the money he is wearing are too much weight. Being found than the which to me, seem to hold true. But my they collect, get recognition from the University and a phifriends with underpackers has its perks, as summation of attempts to deconstruct the trip leave some- lanthropy trophy. it leaves more room for you to bring more thing missing. There is a synergy that exists Elizabeth Bare, who is heading Aggies for Change, said of your own things, but if the trip is too these compoon all truly great trips between these and the money raised for each college will go to the respective extended, they might begin to smell. It is nents.” other components that results in an experi- deans and they’ll decide what to do that will benefit the important to find a balance between these ence, much better, much more profound students within the college the most. two. The author himself tends to underpack than the summation of these components.

“The faculty and staff are also getting involved – they on hygiene and clothing and overpack on A good trip happens when you take a are planning to match every dollar that the students donate gear, his philosophy being: Why do I need deodorant crazy mix of all these things and shake them up and then to the college with a dollar from the faculty, which is great when my four pairs climbing shoes stink so bad they wait to see what comes out on the other side. Usually because it will double the results,” she said. mask my odor? it’s a whole lot of laughs, smiles and friendships stronger Bare said, “There are so many alumni that donate money Once the packing has concluded, the travel por- than they have ever been. After the gear is unpacked, tion of the trip begins. In this portion, one applies the the aches from travel faded and the activities all com- to the University every year after they graduate, and the principle of investment by making a sacrifice in order pleted, it’s this that hangs with you. “Overpackers,” the programs rely heavily on that private support. Without it, to receive a reward. The sacrifice on a trip is confin- kid running the radio and the “have-to-drag everywher- a lot of programs that make USU so great aren’t possible.

I think it’s an admirable to see students being willing to ing oneself to a small and usually uncomfortable space ers,” reminiscing for years to come. donate, right now, even just the smallest amount, because for extended periods of time while you travel to your destination. Personal space, comfort, leg mobility and – dustin.nash@aggiemail.usu.edu it’s more of an education campaign than just a fundraiser.”

The Food Art show and “burn out” will be taking place feeling in your extremities are set aside while the wheels

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Forestry: Club plans endof-year service project at Stokes Nature Center

Dance: Company performs year-round by Ellen Eccles Theater production is highlight -continued from page 4

-continued from page 4 use to be much bigger and has kind of died down in the past years, with around 110 people attending last year. He said even though anyone can attend, usually it is just the students who are in the natural resources college. Historically the event was held by the Forestry Club, Carlisle said, but recently the college has taken it over.

Birch said he thinks because the number of NR students has declined, the number of those in attendance has declined as well.

He said the Forestry Club is one of the longest running clubs in USU history and have made a good partner in the plans.

A passion for the outdoors is what got Carlisle interested in the Natural Resources department along with “influential” science classes that guided him to Wildlife Science. He said being senator has been a great opportunity to serve students and what out what other people need.

“It’s definitely been a learning experience, trying to utilize the college’s resources to meet the needs of the students,” he said.

The Forestry Club isn’t just about fun and games, however. Birch said the club plans to help clean up the Stokes Nature Center as their end of year project. One of the most striking factors of the college is the nature of the students.

“Natural Resource majors in general are fairly untraditional students,” he said.

Tickets will be sold in the TSC for $12 and at the door for $15.

– k.vandyke@aggiemail.usu.edu – megan.b@aggiemail.usu.edu

performers that have been with the company since they were young children and are starting to develop their own unique choreography, such as Kate Jensen and Emily Werner, who will be performing in Celtic Nights and who Zufelt said are some of their strongest performers.

The music is also a very important part of this production and is selected carefully a year in advance.

“I start searching for new and exciting music soon after each Celtic Night production,” Zufelt said. “I am enthralled with the new-age Celtic music.”

After the music has been selected, Zufelt starts working on the choreography which usually takes place during the summer. The dance company has other performances throughout the year in Idaho, Utah and Wyoming, but Zufelt said the Celtic Night at the Ellen Eccles Theater is always the focus and high point of their year.

Hosted by the Bridger Folk Music Society, the event will have storytelling by Ted Erekson, as well as sing-along songs, instrumental music, and various dance styles from Ireland.

Ticket prices range from 12 to 19 dollars and may be purchased in advance at the Ellen Eccles Theater, online or at the door prior to the performance. Students with a valid student ID will also be given a 25 percent discount on any ticket price.

– jessica.black@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Comeback effort falls short as USU falls at NCAAs

By TYLER HUSKINSON assistant sports editor

On a day full of upsets, the 12-seeded Utah State couldn’t find the same magic to pull an upset over the No. 5-seeded Kansas State Wildcats in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

K-state senior guard Jacob Pullen, who was playing one day after falling ill with food poisoning, scored 22 points and dished out five assists to lead the Wildcats over the Aggies 73-68 at the McKale Center in Tuscon, Ariz.

“I didn’t think he was affected,” Aggie head coach Stew Morrill said. “He’s a really special player, holy smokes.

He’s got a great feel for the game. He makes plays for his teammates. He’s just special.

He got by us some because he is so quick. He can do it all. He can make plays, he can shoot it, he’s smart; a good a guard as we’ve seen all season.”

The Aggies dug themselves a big hole with a rough first half and, despite never giving up, were never able to dig themselves out. The long, athletic Wildcats gave the Aggie offense fits for a stretch during the first half that would prove to be the deciding point of the game.

“We were expecting that,” senior forward Tai Wesley said of the Wildcats’ physicality.

“They were a big strong physical team, and we knew we had our hands full coming in. We just wanted to match their physicality and play harder than them, and we were able to do that most of the game.”

The Aggies (30-4) got off to a slow start, but they were able to hold Kansas State at bay for the first ten minutes. The

Aggies even held a small lead early on when senior forward Pooh Williams hit a 3-pointer to give Aggies their only lead of the game at 5-4 with 16:13 to play in the first half.

From there the Aggies struggle greatly to score and Pullen would hit a jumper to spark 143 run that pushed the Wildcat advantage to 29-17.

“We just had a really tough stretch against Kansas State in the first half where we just didn’t function very well,” Morrill said. “They took us out of what we were trying to do with their pressure and athleticism and some of it we were concerned about. Other than about a six or seven minute stretch in that first half, it was a pretty competitive game.”

Wesley only had two points at half to go with three fouls, but he came out firing at the start of the second half as he scored eight of the Aggies first 10 points.

“I started off bad,” Wesley, who finished with a team-high 18 points, said. “I had a couple turnovers and I got my first shot blocked. They were giving me a little bit of trouble in the post. I picked up a couple dumb fouls and I was really frustrated and flustered. The second half was a little different. I came out and wanted to be aggressive and play better, because I didn’t play well.”

Despite the Aggies better play on offense, the Wildcats seemed to have an answer for every Aggie score as they held a double-digit lead during much of the second half.

“It was tough,” Williams said. “Anytime you get down against a good team, it’s going to be tough to get back in it and win the game. Our coach kept

telling us is that we had to keep fighting.

We’re just a team that’s never going to give up no matter what the situation is, no matter what the score is. We just kept fighting and that’s how we got ourselves back in it.”

Things seemed completely out of reach when the Wildcats were able to hit two crucial free-throws with 5:32 left in the game after junior forward Morgan Grim was whistled for an intentional foul.

“You have such a small margin of error when you are in those situations,” Morrill said.

“When you’re playing a team of that caliber and when you’re trying to dig yourselves out of a hole, those things get magnified greatly. It definitely hurt us.”

The Aggies would respond with a 7-3 run to cut the lead to six with 4:20 to play and seemed to have a chance to get back in the game.

“Ever since our freshman year we’ve been in a lot of game where we’ve been down 10, 15 at halftime, and there’s not one point in the game where we think we’re going to lose,” Williams said. “Even if there’s 30 seconds on the clock and we’re down seven or eight points, we still think we’re going to win.”

Morrill said, “I was pretty pleased with how hard our guys played. They never gave in. Even though we were fighting an uphill battle most of the game, never gave in, just kept competing, just kept trying, and that’s what you’ve got to do in those situations. That’s kind of what they’ve been all about; just try to find a way to win.”

-ty.d.hus@aggiemail.usu.edu

SENIOR FORWARD TAI WESLEY drives to the basket for two of his 18 points during Thursday’s NCAA Tournament game against Kansas State. USU fell just five points short of a miraculous comeback attempt in the game which USU eventually lost 73-68. TODD JONES photo

Aggie women win shootout to stay alive in WNIT

By MARK ISRAELSEN staff writer

Thursday night was full of firsts for the Utah State women’s basketball team. The Aggies’ 103-95 victory over the Arizona Wildcats in the first round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was their first postseason win since 1977, their first ever WNIT victory, the first time they have scored over 100 points since 1982 and the first time they have ever won 18 games in season.

“It feels amazing,” said sophomore guard Devyn Christensen, who led the Aggies with a career high 27 points. “This is a huge step for our program, to win the WNIT first round versus a top PAC10 team who was a bubble team for the NCAA tournament. It’s an awesome feeling.”

As soon as the game started, it was obvious that this one was going to be a barn burner. Arizona got on the board first with an easy layup after winning the tip, but USU quickly responded with a 5-0 run to take an early lead. Fueled by aggressiveness and intensity on both sides of the ball, the Aggies forced several fouls and turnovers and dominated early, going up 15-3 on back-to-back 3-pointers by Christensen.

The frenetic pace continued, and the Aggies continued to hit shots and force turnovers, going up 24-9 with 12:19 remaining. The Wildcats kept fighting, but struggled to cut into the Aggie lead as they trailed by double-digits almost the entire half largely due to the production of Christensen and sophomore Banna Diop, who had 12 and 11 points respectively. “(Christensen and Diop) had great games,” head coach Raegan Pebley said.

“Those two showed a lot of poise and I’m really really proud of them, but it was a total team effort.”

The remainder of the first half saw both teams scoring in bunches despite tough defense on both sides. A brief scoring spurt by Arizona at the end of the half cut the USU lead, but the Aggies still held a

46-40 advantage after shooting 56 percent from the floor in the first half and forcing 14 turnovers.

“At halftime we talked about putting two halves together and make sure we are doing what we do,” Pebley said. “We got a little passive defensively and we had to get them back aggressive. I told them don’t think about ‘I don’t want to give up a lead,’ it’s ‘we’re going to finish this game out with a win.’”

The Wildcats must have had a similar pep talk, because they came out ready to play in the second half, quickly taking the lead 49-48. USU came right back, and for the next several minutes the game went back and forth as both teams played a lot of offense and not so much defense.

“It was a very fast-paced game tonight,” said junior Ashlee Brown, who had 16 of her 20 points after halftime. “It was a track meet for sure.”

USU started to pull away as the half went on, and regained its double-digit lead with 7:44 remaining in the game. Arizona kept coming back, though, several times cutting the lead to single digits, and making the game interesting down the stretch.

Then, with 27 seconds left to go, Christensen stepped to the line, knocked down a free throw, and the Spectrum went crazy as the scoreboard read 100.

“I don’t know when the last time is that we’ve done that,” Brown said about hitting the century mark. “Arizona’s a good team and they really push the pace.”

With the win, the Aggies advance to the second round of the tournament and will take on in-state rival BYU on Saturday in Provo. The Aggies and Cougars have already faced each other once this season, a game Pebley called one of the team’s worst, “but one that we really needed.”

“We know who BYU is and what BYU is capable of,” Pebley said. “They were the most consistent team in the Mountain West this year and I feel like they probably should have gotten into the NCAA tournament, so we’re going to be challenged.”

– mark.israelsen@aggiemail.usu.edu

Women’s tennis given national sportsmanship award for March

BY USU ATHLETICS

UTAH STATE GUARD DEVYN CHRISTENSEN puts up a shot during Thursday’s win over Arizona in the first round of the WNIT. Christensen scored a career-high 27 points in a game that saw Utah State reach 100 points scored for the first time since 1982. STERLING BOIN photo

Utah State women’s tennis team has been honored as March’s recipients of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Team Sportsmanship Award, the ITA announced today.

The ITA National Team Sportsmanship Award is a monthly award that goes to a team that has exemplified outstanding sportsmanship, character and ethical conduct in the true spirit of competition and collegiate tennis. The winners are selected by the ITA Ethics and Infractions Committee from nominations received from all ITA member institutions (NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and Junior/ Community Colleges). This monthly award began in 2003. In addition to the obvious reasons, sportsmanship and fair play are considered important in college tennis due to the fact that players make their own line calls during a match. USU was recognized this month for the character and sportsmanship through-out the month of February.

“Whether it was being fair on line calls or battling until the very end, his team showed nothing but character and sportsmanship”, said the Head Coach of a fellow Western Athletic Conference opponent. “This has always been a staple of programs

- See AWARD, page 9

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USU Hockey falls just short of national semifinals

By MEREDITH KINNEY staff writer

The Utah State hockey club continued action in pool play at nationals with a heartbreaking loss to the University of Michigan Wednesday night.

The Aggies put together an impressive run but ultimately fell to the Wolverines 5-4.

“The boys came out and played a good game, a hard game,” head coach Jon Eccles said. But the Aggie effort was ultimately not enough.

USU entered the rink ready to play, but gave up an early goal to Michigan just 1:06 into the first period. The Wolverines, coming off a tough a game that ended in a tie with Sienna College, controlled the puck for most of the first 10 minutes.

The Aggies got their best chance of the first period when a controversial Michigan delayof-game penalty was called, giving USU a man advantage.

USU’s Dave Wyman found an open shot and scored at 10:49.

Wyman’s power play jumpstarted the Utah State offense as the Aggies stepped up the intensity, getting great scoring chances and keeping the puck in their zone.

The Aggies continued their high-energy play for the rest of the period. At 3:14, USU’s Kent Arsenault took a deflection off of Matt Hamilton and put the puck between the pipes, giving the Aggies the 2-1 lead they would carry into the intermission.

Utah State started the second period strong feeding on its first period momentum. The play on both sides of the ice was hardfought, with both teams equally holding the puck in their zones.

The Aggies struck first in the period, just more than six minutes in, when Arsenault stepped up again hitting a goal from

almost the same position as his first.

Utah State’s speed gave them an edge on the Wolverines, but a Michigan goal at 10:53 closed the Aggie lead to one midway through the period. USU’s defense stepped up and killed penalties for the Aggies opening up chances for Utah State’s offense.

With just 12 seconds left in the second, a shot from USU’s Tyler Mistelbacher found its way past the Michigan goalie, giving the Aggies a 4-2 lead to end the second period.

The Wolverines came out of the second intermission looking like a different team. They came at Utah State quickly with big hits and energy that had the Aggies playing catch up.

The Wolverines got their breakthrough six minutes into the period with a goal that sparked the Michigan offense. That first goal of the period started a scoring run that spanned two minutes and resulted in three goals for the Wolverines giving them a 5-4 lead with 12:37 to go.

The Aggies ultimately were unable to overcome the shock of the three quick goals.

Utah State’s loss to Michigan had the Aggies tied for second place in the pool D bracket with Sienna College. The pool, led by Michigan with a one-point lead, anxiously awaited Thursday’s game between Michigan and the University of Maryland BC. Michigan came away with a 4-3 victory that clinched the pool, a spot for Michigan in the tournament semifinals and ended the Aggies’ run for a national championship with one game left for Utah State to play.

The Aggies got the news of the Michigan victory just minutes before the puck dropped for their game against the Sienna College Saints Thursday afternoon.

USU FORWARD BRENDAN MACDONALD chases down a puch along the boards during a game against BYU earler this season.

MacDonald scored during the first shift of USU last game of the season, a 4-2 loss to Sienna College, in a game that was irrelevant to Utah State’s fate with Michigan having clinched a spot ahead of the Aggies in the national semifinals. CARL R. WILSON photo

“I only wish they would have played the game after us because then we would have had a completely different attitude,” said Eccles. “It’s tough but you have to stay positive.”

The Aggies came out looking as if they were ready to put the disappointing news behind them as Brendan MacDonald scored off the opening faceoff in Thursday’s game.

Despite obvious frustration, USU played tough, keeping Sienna College from scoring until the 11:26 mark when USU goalie Bryce Schershel let the puck slip through his legs. Utah State answered less than a min-

ute later when Jeremy Martin ripped a shot from the blue line that found the back of the net.

The Aggies’ energy took a huge hit with multiple penalties leading into the first intermission. Sienna college would capitalize off the Aggies’ struggles and score once more before time ran out.

USU’s penalty troubles continued into the second period.

The amount of time Utah State has spent playing with a mandown disadvantage is something Aggies have struggled with all season.

Eccles said the referees were very quick to blow the whistle,

something the Aggies weren’t ready for.

“I’m not saying that the refs lost the game for us,” Eccles said. “We just didn’t adjust to it.”

Sienna College spent 17 minutes of the second period on the power play, leaving the Aggies very little time to get any offense going. The Aggie defense held back Sienna’s attack until 8:16 when the Saints got a power play goal.

Neither team would score again in the period until the 1:42 mark when Sienna again scored on a power play to gain a 4-2 lead.

Heading into the third period the Aggies settled down their play and kept their penalties under control but they weren’t able to come back. They fell 4-2.

“We would kind of get going and then we would stumble a little bit,” Eccles said. “That was a tough one. There’s not a lot you can do sometimes.”

The Utah State Aggie hockey club would like to thank their fans and sponsors for all their support this season.

“The support really has been incredible,” Eccles said.

– meredith.kinney@aggiemail. usu.edu

USU records fall left, right, up and down during indoor track season

By TAVIN STUCKI staff writer

Records were made to be broken. The Utah State track and field team has taken that idea to heart this year, shattering several of the school’s top marks during the indoor track season.

Most notable are the performances of men’s high jumper Clint Silcock and women’s pole vaulter Sonia Grabowksa. Grabowska owns both indoor and outdoor records at USU, while Silcock holds the indoor record, but is about six inches away from former Aggie Dave Hoffman’s outdoor mark of 2.30 meters, set in 2001.

Silcock said breaking the record would be a great honor to achieve, and he plans to work toward the honor this weekend at the Willie Williams Classic in Tucson, Ariz.

“I’ve got the indoor record (2.24 meters), so I’ve also got the goal for the outdoor record which is higher, 7-foot-6,” said the senior majoring in exercise science. “That’s my plans right now; that’s what I’m shooting for.”

Poland native Grabowska also said having the records and seeing her name at the top of the list in media guides is an honor.

“It was an honor to have it too,” said the member of the Polish national team. “Especially because the record has been broken by one of the girls that used

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to be here back in 1998, so that’s been quite a long time since that happened.”

The two jumpers are not the only Aggies to have broken a school record this year; junior Ruth Hilton broke the indoor 3000-meter at 9:47.48, junior Daniel Howell took the 5000-meter record with a time of 14:11.62, and the distance medley relay team, made up of seniors Jason Holt, Eric Larson and James Allred and freshman Tanner Hunt, posted a record time of 9:43.11.

Aggie pole vault coach Joel Johnson said it is nice to be a part of a good team.

“That’s something that we’ve always had here at Utah State track and field,” Johnson said. “We’ve won a lot of championships both the men’s and women’s side in the last 20 years. So we have a good history of being and doing really good things, so I’m just excited for what the season has to offer us.”

Silcock was named second-team All-American and Grabowska earned an honorable mention from the Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for their achievements over the indoor season, but both said they felt they could have done better at the national championship.

“A lot of guys were falling because the track was so slick there,” Silcock said. “I actually slid a few times, so it kinda messes with you mentally I guess you could say. I ended up cutting my approach in half from a 10-step to a six-step. But I still jumped well from a six step approach; jumped 7-foot-1, missed all-American by one place. It was very frustrating for me.”

Grabowska said the meet was frustrating for her because she did not clear her opening height.

“I had some problems with the runway because it’s a little bouncy and you really have to be careful how you run on this, but I can’t blame it on that because everyone had the same runway,” Grabowska said. “I felt great in warm-ups and everything seemed

to be fine and for some reason just the day turned around and just everything fell apart and I just couldn’t put it together and I got nervous and it just didn’t work like it worked at conference and every other meet.”

Despite what could have been, the Aggies look forward to the future. Grabowska will red-shirt the 2011 outdoor season to finish up her degree in exercise science.

“I’m a very competitive person, so it’s cool for me,” Grabowska said. “Every single PR (personal record) that comes is going to be another school record.

That’s just cool, cause I can tell that every time I jump I’m gonna break a school record, if I have a good day.”

Silcock, however, said he is hungry to jump well in the coming season after his disappointment at the national meet.

“We’re going to Arizona this weekend and I’m so ready to jump well there,” Silcock said. “I’m planning on jumping high cause I know that I can and I was planning on doing it at nationals and it didn’t happen. Now I just have to do it.”

Utah State is returning 18 seniors for this outdoor season and seven Western Athletic Conference champions from the indoor season.

Among those returning is senior sprinter Armahd Lewis from Stockton, Calif. Lewis won the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes at the WAC championships in February and is a favorite for the outdoor season sprint events.

For the distance races, Allred and Holt are looking to take care of things in the 800-meter after finishing first and second in the event during the WAC finals. Larson will also look to defend his indoor title in the mile, while Howell defends his first and second finishes in the 3000 and 5000-meter races.

“Outdoor is going to be that much better,” Silcock said.

– tavin.stucki@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Butler knocks off Old Dominion in mid-major NCAA battle WASHINGTON (AP) – Sometimes, a game-winning play is craftily designed and enacted with precision by each of the five players on the floor.

And sometimes, the decisive basket is the result of an enormous amount of luck.

The play that Butler used to beat Old Dominion 60-58 on Thursday fell squarely into the latter category.

Afterward, the Bulldogs made no apologies – especially because their previous foray into the NCAA tournament ended when a last-second shot failed to go their way.

Matt Howard’s tip-in at the buzzer carried the eighth-seeded Bulldogs past ODU and into the next round of the Southeast Regional. The play was not what Butler coach Brad Stevens had in mind when he sent his team to the floor with the score tied and 32 seconds left.

Guard Shawn Vanzant was driving to the basket from the right side when he lost his footing and threw the ball toward the rim. Teammate Andrew Smith slapped the ball out of the air off the backboard, and Howard went up with his right hand and put the ball in from the left side an instant before time expired.

“We were fortunate to win,” Stevens said. “It didn’t look pretty and that’s not exactly the way you want it to end by any means, but they were in the right spots.”

A year ago, Butler’s magical run to the NCAA championship game ended with a narrow miss from halfcourt at the buzzer against Duke. In this game, the Bulldogs got the bounce they needed.

“A lot of credit has got to go to Andrew, who made a great play to

keep it alive,” Howard said. “I tried to get it up as quickly as possible, and fortunately we had just enough time.”

Howard and Shelvin Mack each scored 15 points for Butler (24-9), which will play the winner of Thursday’s Pittsburgh-UNC Asheville game. The Bulldogs have won 10 straight overall.

Frank Hassell led Old Dominion (27-7) with 20 points. The defeat ended the Monarchs’ nine-game winning streak.

Hassell was in the lane during the final play, but couldn’t get his hand on the ball.

“Howard came across and got it and threw it in on me,” Hassell said.

“Lucky bounce for a good player. I mean, you work hard, you get some of those.”

Asked to describe his emotions when the ball dropped through the rim, Hassell said, “Shocked, really.

I was praying to God that the red light came on before the ball left his hands. Then when I saw the replay, shock turned to hurt.”

The game featured 21 lead changes, and neither team led by more than six points.

Old Dominion came in with the best rebounding margin in the country, and Butler’s effort to overcome that obstacle – and keep Hassell under control in the paint – became even tougher after the 6-foot-8 Howard picked up his third foul with 16:36 left. Smith, a 6-11 center, was called for his fourth foul 40 seconds later.

Howard remained in the game and Smith was replaced by Garrett Butcher, who scored six straight points in an 8-1 run that put Butler ahead 49-43.

Old Dominion answered with

Award: USU best of March -continued from page 7 run by Coach Wright, but I was particularly impressed with this year’s performance.”

“We are honored to receive this award for the month of March”, said head coach Christian Wright. “I am very proud of our young ladies and our coaching staff and the manner in which they conduct themselves and represent the athletic department and Utah State University. We believe we have a duty to conduct ourselves with class in respect to our fans, officials and our opponents.”

The Aggies will return to the courts on March 24, as they take on San Francisco, followed by a bout against WAC opponent, San Jose State, March 25.

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a 6-0 spurt that began with a 3pointer by Darius James with 10:09 to go. The Monarchs’ next field goal came more than seven and a half minutes later, but the basket by Hassell sparked a six-point run that tied it with 32 seconds remaining.

Butler found a way to win, albeit not exactly how Stevens drew it up.

“I had no doubt that we were going to win the game,” Howard said. “I didn’t think we were going to win it that way, but when you’ve been in those situations, been in those kind of battles and close games, you have confidence that you’re going to be able to pull it out.”

Howard’s finisher came on Butler’s 32nd rebound. Old Dominion finished with 29, only the second time this season the Monarchs were outrebounded.

“I feel like rebounding was a big factor in the game,” Monarchs forward Ben Finney said. “We’re one of the best rebounding teams, but they were very scrappy and competed.

They were the better team.”

The game started with a frantic pace, as both teams ran up and down the floor until the initial foul finally stopped play at the 15:50 mark.

The lead also went back and forth until ODU reserve guard Trian Iliadis drilled a 3-pointer and Keyon Carter made a soft jumper to make it 18-13. Over the next eight minutes, however, the Monarchs went 1 for 6 with seven turnovers and fell behind 22-21.

Hassell made Old Dominion’s final three field goals in a first half that featured 13 lead changes and ended with the Monarchs clinging to a 29-27 lead.

BUTLER’S MATT HOWARD puts up the game-winning shot for the Bulldogs in Thursday’s 60-58 win over Old Dominion. Howard’s offensive rebound and put-back kept Butler, who was the runner-up in last year’s NCAA Tournament, alive for another game. AP photo

Track kicking off outdoor season in Arizona

BY USU ATHLETICS

Utah State men and women’s track and field teams will start the outdoor season in Tucson, Ariz., at the University of Arizona Willie Williams Classic and Dave Murray Distance Carnival at Roy P. Drachman Stadium, on Friday and Saturday, March 18-19.

A total of 11 universities will compete with USU in the meet including Western Athletic Conference foe New Mexico State along with Northern Arizona, Northwest Missouri State, Western New Mexico and the host Arizona, along with some local community and junior colleges.

Events will begin on Friday at 4 p.m.

(MT) with the field events and continue into the evening with the running events beginning at 7 p.m. Action continues

Saturday at 11 a.m. and will run through the afternoon.

At the 2011 WAC Indoor Championships, the Aggie men tied for the title with Boise State and the women finished in second-place behind Louisiana Tech for the second-straight year.

Senior Clint Silcock and junior Sonia Grabowska represented Utah State at the 2011 NCAA Indoor Championships held in College Station, Texas on March 12.

Silcock earned his third All-American honors, after finishing tied for 11thplace in the high jump for second-team All-American accolades. He also received All-American status in the indoor season of 2009 and outdoor season of 2010.

Grabowska also received honorable mention All-American honors at this year’s indoor championships.

This weekend’s meet is the opening of the outdoor season, as the Aggie men begin preparation to defend their 2010 WAC Outdoor Championship, the USU men’s second-straight title and third in the last four years (2007, 2009 and 2010).

The Aggie women finished in fourth-place.

Utah State veteran head coach Gregg Gensel also won WAC Coach of the Year in 2010.

Three USU men look to defend their individuals WAC outdoor titles including Silcock (high jump), Joe Canavan (shot put) and Mike Pyrtle (100m).

Following this weekend, Utah State will be competing at the New Mexico Invitational at Albuquerque, N.M. USU hosts its lone meet of the year, the Mark Faldmo Invitational on Saturday, April 16 at Ralph Maughan Track Stadium.

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Atlantis

2011 MISSIONS

Endeavor

PAST SHUTTLE MISSIONS April 12, 1981

Columbia launches the first space shuttle mission

1982

1983

June 28: STS-135 mission Atlantis

April 18: STS-134 mission Endeavor

Feb. 24: STS-133 mission Discovery

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Discovery

2008

Challenger

2009

Columbia

DISCOVERY’S FINAL FLIGHT 2006 Graphic by Cindy Jones-Hulfachor/Sun Sentinel/MCT

STS-133 MISSION

Oct. 16, module in cargo area of Discovery

Discovery’s last mission will deliver a Permanent Multipurpose Module that will be used for storage and space to conduct experiments such as fluid physics and biology.

ROBONAUT 2 IN SPACE The shuttle will carry a permanent resident, a robotic astronaut, to the International Space Station. Its initial task is to see how well it operates in space in the absence of gravity.

HOW IT WORKS

Sensors in a person’s head gear and gloves transmit movements to the robot.

First launch of Challenger

Columbia and seven crew members are killed about 16 minutes before landing.

2004

Real Real person person on on Earth Earth

Robot in space

April 4, 1983

Jan. 16, 2003

The robonaut’s sensors respond to the person’s movements.

June 18, 1983

Challenger mission takes Sally Ride, the first American woman into space.

The robot’s grasping fingers can control fine tools even tools,and even enter text on hand-held devices.

Four cameras lie inside the visor.

An infrared camera for depth perception.

Aug. 30, 1984

First launch of Discovery

2003

2002

1985

A backpack will allow it to plug into the power supply on the space station.

Oct. 3, 1985 First launch of Atlantis

Nov. 2, 2000

The first crew of Americans and Russians take up residence in the ISS, for several months.

Jan. 28, 1986 Challenger and 7 crew members are killed about 73 seconds after liftoff.

2001

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April 5, 2010 Space Shuttle Discovery launch

1988

DISCOVERY’S 1999 ACHIEVEMENTS

1989

Flown 39 missions, orbiting the Earth 5,628 times Traveled almost 143 million miles and spent 352 days in space Docked 12 times with International Space Station, once with Russian Mir space station Brought the first satellite back from space Carried 256 crew members including: First female to pilot a spacecraft Oldest person to fly in space First Cosmonaut to fly in a shuttle

First launch of Endeavor

Feb. 3, 1994

1993

May 7, 1992

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1991

Atlantis launches Galileo to study Jupiter.

It disintegrated in 2003 in Jupiter’s atmosphere.

Sergei Krikalev is the first Russian cosmonaut to fly on the space shuttle.

SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

SOURCES: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); cnet.com; Lee Hulteng/MCT graphic Photos courtesy of NASA

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Feb. 1, 2011, Space Shuttle Discovery is rolled out to launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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March 18 Today is Friday, March 18, 2011. Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Jarren Jenkins, a junior majoring in economics from Draper, Utah.

Almanac Today in History: In 1852, in New York City, Henry Wells and William G. Fargo join with several other investors to launch their namesake business.

Weather High: 48° Low: 32° Skies: Partly cloudy

Friday, March 18, 2011

- Current Works, Chase Fine Arts - Books for Hope book drive, all day - String Theory Song Writing, all day - Food Art Competition TSC Lounges, 10 a.m.

- Mad Scientist Photo Competition, TSC Bookstore, 7 a.m.

- Defending Defense Lecture, Eccles Conf. Center 216, 12:30 p.m.

- Recycle Olympics, Fieldhouse, 6 p.m.

- African Banquet, TSC Ballroom, 7 p.m.

- Complications of Love, FAC 224, 7 p.m.

- 7th Annual Celtic Night, Ellen Eccles, 7:30 p.m.

- Concert @ Why sound, 8 p.m.

Saturday

March 19 - Book Drive, TSC South Door or Business Building - Braveheart 5K/10K Run for Baby Mason, HPER Field, 9 a.m.

- Free Cooking and Community Classes, Macey’s, 12 p.m.

- Logger’s Ball, Hamilton’s, 6:30 p.m.

- Complications of Love, Life, and Other Things, Studio Theatre, 7 p.m.

- Battle of the Bands, Nelson Field House, 8 p.m.

- True Aggie Night, 12 a.m.

Monday

March 21 - Emotion Regulation Workshop, TSC 310 B, 9:30 a.m.

- Book Drive, TSC South Door or Business Building - Japan Fundraiser, Merrill-Cazier Library, 10 a.m.

- Emotion Regulation Workshop, TSC 310 B, 9:30 a.m.

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